Life’s been a little crazy lately…. Ok, I feel like it has been for the last few years, but lately…more so! All that to say. I don’t have time to think about what I want to wear. I think about it during the day, and have all these ideas, but in the morning? I throw on skinny jeans, a striped top, and a leather jacket or sweater. There’s nothing wrong with that. Honestly, most days, I’m just happy for my 10 minute shower at the gym!!
But. I like clothes. Probably not a shock. I love how changing what you wear can change your mood. I love that you can get creative with what you wear, and it can say something about your personality that people may not have expected. I think people underestimate clothing and how it relates to how it makes you feel. But maybe that’s just me.
However, if you’ve ever watched a makeover show, you’ll know that it’s not! But the truth of the matter is. People lack the time, the money, and the energy or knowledge about what would make them look better and feel better.
Again, one of the many reasons I love thrifting. You can cheaply buy/try something new, and totally change your mood for the day! And if you say you don’t have any good thrift stores near you, then you can easily go online! Admittedly, you need to try things on at stores to find what styles/brands fit you best, but you can absolutely leave without buying and find things cheaper on eBay, Poshmark, thredUp, or Tradesy.
My entire outfit (as MOST of my outfits) were bought at a discount.
GAH!!! I’m soooooo bummed. I took a bunch of images, but my CF card got corrupted.
I put my card in, and it only loaded half the pics I took. I tried a few times, and it kept giving me an error. THEN…it wouldn’t even recognize the card! I was SO bummed, because I got some super cute images of Maya with her newly lost two bottom teeth. WAH WAH!! 😦
BUT…SO glad it didn’t happen to a client’s images! So, all in all, it was probably a blessing in disguise, because I now always put two cards in my camera (which I should have been doing all along…
So, honestly…I have been waiting to blog these. I kept thinking I’d find a way to recover the lost images, but I’m finally letting that go. For anyone that knows me (which honestly, is two-hi mom and dad!), it was REALLY hard for me to let this go. But I finally did, so I’m blogging this lone image of Maya. And also saying good bye to an recipe that I captured on that same card that has been long forgotten (because I rarely write things down and use images to help me remember). I’m sure it was AMAZING!! 😉
Alas…I leave you with Maya not so happy with a sidways smile…
On me…
Yet, she always goes for my focusing stand!!
I wish I could say that I planned this hair flip! But…nope. Total accidental catch, but I love it.
I always ask Maya what she wants us to do in shots.
The girl’s got hops!!
On me…
hahahaha. She wanted to get all up in the camera…
And…licking me yet again… 😦
But….
So, I ordered another shutter release, but it’s on back order. SO…the last few shoots have been all with the self timer. I CANNOT WAIT for the new shutter release to get here!!
And…her chasing me to the spot 🙂 I love this little pocket of sunshine and all the shade around it…
Wanting up…
Once again, I hadn’t planned on throwing her, but she came running full force at me, and we caught it perfectly. Well, not perfectly because I chopped off half of her body. Love that I still got her face…in the shadow and all.
Bubble gun that we got from the dollar store. So cool, because it doesn’t require batteries. NOT so cool, because you have to push the trigger a kazillion times to get a lot of bubbles. That’s hard for her, so she usually gets one big bubble… 
This next shot is totally blurry, and I don’t care!! I tried “gunning” some bubbles for her, and then attempted to run back to catch her chasing them. Well, the wind was too strong, and… 
You can’t tell, but it was 75 degrees. We were both HOT! And I was totally sweaty from running back and forth between the camera, and then chasing her. SO…we made the executive decision to leave and go play at the indoor gymnastic free play. Always sad to leave… 
On me…
and the back of this top?? LOVE!
If there is one thing I consistently love (besides an interesting back on a top haha), it’s a red shoe! LOVE the pop of color that instantly makes any outfit 10 times cuter!! 
I decided to play around with the 
Ladybug! 
It’s been a long time since I’ve captured this, but it’s one of my favorite sights!!! Maya running in for a big bear hug (which usually knocks me over, haha) 🙂 
I still cannot believe I got so lucky to have such a sweet happy little nugget…
On me…
Oh, and note to self. You have to stay within the sweet spot when shooting with a Lensbaby 😉 What you can’t really see is that Maya is desperately reaching down to tickle me on the way down haha.
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